Some crabs tried to get on the Newcastle Metro without a ticket

These crabs were spotted attempting to board a train as they crawled along the platform at Gateshead Metro Station.

In the bizarre footage, the crustaceans can be seen heading on to a train headed to Tynemouth, while passengers look on in total bewilderment.

How they managed to get there in the first place is even stranger: train bosses claim a passenger was carrying them in a plastic bag (as you do) which split open, releasing the creatures on to the station floor.

It was then left up to the station’s cleaners to remove the creatures after the owner left without gathering up his horde of clawed beasts.

One train user said: ‘Whatever has happened, it was a strange sight to see.’